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An IMI and SIMI Certified Mediator empanelled as International and Domestic Mediator practising mediation for 30 years by On-line and Face to Face mediation using English, Mandarin languages and dialects such as Hokkien and Cantonese.


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IMI Certified Mediator
Brunei Darussalam, China, India, Malaysia, Singapore
Commercial, Construction, Contract, Employment, Infrastructure, Property
Chinese, English
Evaluative, Facilitative, Transformative
SMC - Singapore Mediation Centre
Mediation Profile

Lee Kok Eng serves as Principal Mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) handling commercial disputes ranging from construction claims, building defects disputes, real estate, property, landlord & tenant matters, contractual matters, commercial matters, employment related matters, insurance claims, oil & gas industries matters and family matters.

He serves as Principal Mediator with the Singapore Construction Mediation Centre (SCMC) handling construction disputes of Singapore Contractors' Association Limited (SCAL) members.

He serves as Master Mediator with Community Mediation Centre (CMC) handling relational disputes ranging from neighbour & neighbour disputes including Community Dispute Resolution Tribunals (CDRT) under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth dispute cases, landlord & tenant, retailer & consumers, friend & friend, stranger and stranger and parent & child disputes including Magistrate's Complaint cases.

He serves as Volunteer Mediator with the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) handling all sorts of consumers related disputes.

He served as Volunteer Court Mediator with Small Claims Tribunals handling small commercial disputes involving businesses and consumers.

He serves as volunteer Mediator (Conciliation Officer) with the Tribunals of Maintenance of Parents handling family disputes.

He is one of the founding Committee Member of Consumers Association of Singapore's panel of mediators. He is also one of the Founding Members of the International Institute of Mediators (Singapore) Limited (iiM). He is the Work Group Member of SCMC leading to the formation of the Singapore Construction Mediation Centre (SCMC). He is the Work Group Member of SCMC leading to the formation of the Dispute Consultation Clinic (DCC).

He is an accredited Mediator with the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV).

He is the Certified Mediator of the International Mediation Institute (IMI) since 2010.

He is the Certified Mediator of Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) since 2016.

He is the Commercial Mediator of the Panel of International Mediator and Arbitrator of Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation (IIAM) since 2019.

He is empanelled an International Mediator of Brunei Darussalam Arbitration Centre Berhad (BDAC) Panel of Mediators in 2023.

He has been the Commercial Mediator of the Panel of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade/China Chamber of International Commerce Mediation Center (CCPIT/CCOIC Mediation Center).  

He serves as Mediator (Neutral) of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

He is empanelled as Mediator with Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) Panel of Mediators.

 

Being a Pioneer of structured and institutionalised mediator in Singapore having practised mediation for the last 30 over years, Lee Kok Eng has served as a mediator for more than Thousand (1,000) construction, building quality, contract, Management Corporation Strata Title (MCST), insurance claim, tenancy, land cum property, business venture, employment related, consumer-related and community & family relations related disputes, including large complex cases involving parties from private and public sectors, foreigners and locals and complicated multi-party disputes (more than 10 parties). Cases he mediated also include complex multi-million dollars disputes regarding contract and construction claims mainly with lawyers' representation of the parties  aided by experts from each party. The majority of his mediations were conducted in English language but for the benefit of the parties, he had conducted mediations in full Mandarin, Hokkien and Cantonese. Kok Eng is a mediation trainer, coach, assessor, mentor, judge for mediation competitions, speaker for seminars and articles contributor. Kok Eng had been interviewed on mediation by Singapore MediaCorp (TV provider) in 2002, 14 January 2020 and 25 January 2021.

He is conferred the "Friends of Ministry of Social and Family Development Award" from the Ministry in 2023.

He is conferred the 25 years Long Service Award from Ministry of Law being the First Batch of Community Mediators of the Community Mediation Centre (CMC) during CMC 25 years Anniversary in 2023.

Facilitative, Evaluative, Directive, Transformative

Construction Claims, Building defects, Contract, Commercial, Consumers-related, Community relations, Employment related, Family

S$800.00 per hour per party

Member of Singapore Institute of Surveyors & Valuers (SISV) and an Accredited Professional Quantity Surveyor Tier 1 (APQS Tier 1) 

Fellow Member of Singapore Mediation Centre (FSMC)

Certified Mediator of International Mediation Institute (IMI) since 2010

Certified Mediator of Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) since 2016

Founding Member of International Institute of Mediators (Singapore) Limited (iiM)

Work Group Member of Singapore Construction Mediation Centre (SCMC)

Advisor of Singapore Construction Mediation Centre (SCMC) Panel of Advisors

Work Group Member of Dispute Consultation Clinic (DCC) of SCMC.

Training and Education

(1) Management Problem Solving and Decision Programme by Kepner-Tregoe International, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1994; 
(2) Basic Mediation Workshop by National University of Singapore, School of Building and Estate Management, 1994;
(3) Mediators' Workshop by Singapore Mediation Centre, 1998;
(4) Advanced Mediation Workshop by Singapore Mediation Centre, 1998;
(5) Advanced Mediation Skills Workshop by Eagles Mediation and Counselling Centre, 1999;
(6) Mediation for Master Mediators by Singapore Mediation Centre, Ministry of Law and Community Mediation Centre, 2003;
(7) Drafting of Settlement Agreements by Singapore Mediation Centre, Ministry of Law and Community Mediation Centre, 2004;
(8) Introduction to Family Mediation by Singapore Mediation Centre, Ministry of Law and Community Mediation Centre, 2007;
(9) Advanced Drafting - Sealing Lasting Agreements Workshop by Singapore Mediation Centre, Ministry of Law and Community Mediation Centre, 2008;
(10) Introduction to Family Mediation Workshop Part II by Singapore Mediation Centre, Ministry of Law and Community Mediation Centre, 2011;
(11) Asian Perspective on Mediation by Singapore Mediation Centre, 2014;
(12) Advanced Mediation Workshop by Ministry of Law and Community Mediation Centre, 2015;
(13) Transformative Mediation by Ministry of Law and Community Mediation Centre, 2016;
(14) Counselling Skills and Practice: Introduction by Social Service Institute, Singapore, 2016.

(15) Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA),  by SkillsFuture Singapore Agency, 2017

(16) Training Workshop for Mediation Coaches by Singapore Mediation Centre, 2016

(17) Mental Wellness Workshop by Silver Ribbon (Singapore) 2017

(18) 24th World Forum of Mediation Centres by Union International des Avocats (UIA) 2017

(19) Workshop for Singapore Mediation Act 2017 by Singapore Mediation Centre, 2017

(20) International Mediation Advocacy by Singapore International Mediation Centre, 2017

(21) Mediator's Strategies - Comparing US and Singapore's Experience by International Institute of Mediators (Singapore), 2018

(22) Mediation Talk by Andrew Miller QC by Singapore Mediation Centre, 2018

(23) Recent Developments on the Enforceability of Mediated Settlement Agreements by Singapore Management University, 2018

(24) Mental Health Awareness & Communication by Agency for Integrated Care, 2018

(25) Resolving Disputes in Infrastructure PPP Projects with Minimal Cost & Delay by Singapore International Mediation Centre, 2018

(26) China as an Economic Superpower & Singapore's Role in the Belt & Road Initiative by Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration, 2018

(27) Introducing the Singapore Convention on Mediation and Exploring the Practical Impact of the New Enforcement Regime by Singapore Management University, 2018

(28) Belt and Road Initiative Series: Overview of the BRI by Singapore Academy of Law, 2019

(29) Coping with Aggressive and Difficult Parties by Community Mediation Centre, 2019

(30) Online Dispute Resolution Training by Singapore Mediation Centre, 2019

(31) Resolving Cross-Border Technology Dispute through WIPO Mediation and Arbitration, 2019

(32) The MANE Forum - Pre Singapore Convention on Mediation Forum, 6 August 2019

(33) Signing Ceremony of Singapore Convention on Mediation cum Conference on 7 August 2019

(34) Seminar on Let's Talk - Mediation & Security of Payment (Amendment) Bill by Singapore Contractors' Association Limited, 2019

(35) Conference on Current Administration Practices in the Malaysian Construction Industry and Potential Solutions by Master Builders Association Malaysia, 2019

(36) Seminar on Mediation an Effective and Cost-Efficient Dispute Resolution Method by Singapore Contractors' Association Limited, 2019

(37) The Use of Counselling Skills in Family Mediation by Community Mediation Centre, 2019

(38) Certificate in Buddhist Counselling 2023 (including Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counselling

(39) Pursuing Diploma in Buddhist Psychotherapy and Counselling in 2024

Joint Trainer for SISV Accredited Construction & Real Estate Mediation Course 2012.

Trainer for Mediation for Construction Industry Webinars (English & Mandarin) for SCAL Academy since 2020.

Actively participates as Mediation Coach for Mediation Trainings runs by Singapore Mediation Centre.

Actively participates as Mediation Assessor for Mediation Trainings runs by Singapore Mediation Centre.

Acted as Assessor for Mediation Workshop organised by the Community Mediation Centre, Singapore.

Mentored Apprentice Mediators for Community Mediation Centre.

Judge for PeaceMakers Conference and Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI).

Speaker for Seminar on Mediation topics.

Being a Panellist discussing Mediation for L2 Construction Series (Malaysia) on 15 April 2020 and for L2 iCON  on 9 June 2022.

Zoom Speaker on Mediation for International Federation of Asia, West Pacific Construction Associations (IFAWPCA) on 5 Sep 2022 to more than 20 countries' participants.

Speaker for Singapore Contractor Association Limited (SCAL) on the topic of Effective Mediation Strategies for Dispute Resolution in the Construction Sector for Conference organised by CIOB-SCAL on 24 Aug 2023.

Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) Speaker on Mediation for Institute of Quantity Surveyors of Sri Lanka (IQSSL) on 18 Nov 2023.

Mediation Coach for YCM Sri Lanka on 21 Jan 2024.

Mediation for Neighbours' Disputes

Mediation for Construction Industry Disputes

Effective Mediation Strategies for Dispute Resolution in the Construction Sector

 

Publications

Contributed 2 Articles for the book "Mending Fences Building Bridges" published by Community Mediation Centre, Singapore.

Contributed 2 articles for SCAL "The Contractor" on "Mediation Success Stories: From the Contractors' Perspective" one in English and the other in Chinese.

Contributed 2 articles for MBAM "Mediation for Disputes- Suitable for Construction Disputes" and "Community Mediation for Neighbours Disputes".

Interview Article on "Helping Parties to Get Back to Business in the Buit Environment - Part 1" published by Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) on 28 Mar 2023.

Article on "ListenwithEARSPleaSe" published by Singapore Contractors Association Limited (SCAL) on 25 Oct 2023.

Article on "Why Mediate?" published by Master Builders Association (MBAM) on 13 Dec 2023.

Article on "Construction Mediation: Is it Domain Specific?" to be published by Singapore Contractors Association Limited (SCAL) in 2024.

Interview Article on "Helping Parties to Get Back to Business in the Built Environment - Part 2" to be published by Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) in 2024.

Compliance

IMI Code of Professional Conduct.

IMI Professional Conduct Assessment Process.

As my practice in mediation and the mediation organisations in Singapore where I practise mediation cover me with either contractual or statutory immunity, I do not have professional indemnity insurance for this practice in Singapore. Whereas, whenever there is Professional Indemnity Insurance for mediation practises available in Singapore, I will procure it.

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